A story about Astrobotic Technology’s lunar lander appeared on the front page of the New York Times national edition July 22, describing Astrobotic and Moon Express, a company planning a much smaller spacecraft. The New York Times noted that Astrobotic missions will earn substantial profits regardless of the outcome of the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition. The complete article is linked below:
Princeton University’s alumni blog names Red Whittaker as ‘Tiger of the Week’:
Robot designer William “Red” Whittaker ’73 likes challenges. One of his latest goals: sending one of his robots to the moon. With a team of students, the Carnegie Mellon robotics professor is competing for the Google Lunar X Prize, which will award $20 million to the first privately funded team to create a robot that can land safely on the moon’s surface, travel 500 meters, and transmit data and images back to Earth…
Read the full article here: Tiger of the Week: William “Red” Whittaker ’73
Red Whittaker and the lunar lander
The Wall Street Journal’s Creativity page has introduced readers around the world to Red Whittaker, the driving force behind the moon project at Astrobotic and Carnegie Mellon.
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Astrobotic has been featured in the cover article of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science magazine The Link. The mission and several CMU student team members are profiled.
Astrobotic’s open house yesterday and mission to the moon was covered by several media outlets, including CNET and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. The completed lander structure was the main attraction.
Astrobotic, CMU Build Lunar Lander in X PRIZE Bid
Tim Hornyak, CNET
Carnegie Mellon Team Shoots for the Moon
David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Lunar Lander to Shoot for Moon via California
Debra Erdley, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
By Malia Spencer
Business Times Reporter
Within two weeks, all the parts of Astrobotic Technology Inc.’s lunar rover and lander should be machined and in the planetary robotics bay at Carnegie Mellon University, and, in two months, the vehicle should be in California undergoing structural integrity testing. It’s all part of the start-up’s mission to the moon.
